pur

«pur» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a token or stone drawn to decide something by chance — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A Persian word meaning a lot, which is a token or stone drawn to decide something by chance. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Haman cast pur to choose the day on which to destroy the Jews. The holiday Purim takes its name from it. Interpretation: Purim celebrates how the lot of destruction was turned to rescue. The tradition sees chance as guided in the end by God, who is hidden in the book of Esther.

examples

• Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur. (Writings EST.9.26, JPS 1917) tree →
• because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast pur, that is, the lot, to discomfit them, and to destroy them; (Writings EST.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of pur.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pur» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.